The current index of general business conditions improved in September at about the same pace as August, and while the new-orders index dipped, it remained in positive territory, indicating continuing growth, but at a slower rate. The shipments index rose, and the unfilled-orders index moved from negative to positive territory.

But the survey also uncovered growing price pressures, with selling prices up 3.6 percent in the past year, and expectations that they’ll rise another 3 percent over the next year.

The survey is sent the first day of each month to 200 manufacturing executives, typically at the chief executive or president level, with about half of them responding. The companies represent a cross-section of the state’s manufacturers, according to the Fed.